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Functional Mapping with Simultaneous MEG and EEG
Published on: June 14, 2010
Overview of MEG
1MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 149 13th St., Mailcode 149-2301, Charlestown, MA 02129; U.S.A. Tel. +1-617-726-0663.
Abstract:
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a method to study electrical activity in the human brain by recording the neuromagnetic field outside the head. MEG, like electroencephalography (EEG), provides an excellent, millisecond-scale time resolution, and allows the estimation of the spatial distribution of the underlying activity, in favorable cases with a localization accuracy of a few millimeters. To detect the weak neuromagnetic signals, superconducting sensors, magnetically shielded rooms, and advanced signal processing techniques are used. The analysis and interpretation of MEG data typically involves comparisons between subject groups and experimental conditions using various spatial, temporal, and spectral measures of cortical activity and connectivity. The application of MEG to cognitive neuroscience studies is illustrated with studies of spoken language processing in subjects with normal and impaired reading ability. The mapping of spatiotemporal patterns of activity within networks of cortical areas can provide useful information about the functional architecture of the brain related to sensory and cognitive processing, including language, memory, attention, and perception.
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